Quiet and withdrawn, Jeshua felt his life had no purpose—that was until he killed his father. Jack, a serial child molester, was unaware of his son's ability to read minds. He had no idea his son, once his favorite prey, could see the sick fantasies lurching around inside his head . . . or his plans to abduct, rape and strangle another child.As Jeshua is fleeing the scene of Jack's murder, he rouses the attention of a mysterious apparition. As the years pass, this same figure appea...

When Shayde Gamic reaches her sixteenth birthday a family secret is revealed to her that both explains and complicates her life. Things that have seemed strange all her life begin to make sense and she embraces this new knowledge whole-heartedly. Her only regret being that this knowledge may threaten her burgeoning relationship with seventeen-year-old Kruise Wright. As their relationship develops, Shayde struggles to decide how to reveal her true nature, unaware that the effect of ...

Every life has its secrets, but some secrets only the dead can tell...When Paul and his wife Donna move to the community of Kingston Corners they are hoping for some peace and quiet, but soon after starting his new job as custodian at The Church Of The Resurrection, he notices something isn't quite right about the place. Apparitions move through the halls, a girl's anklet appears and reappears, mysterious messages are scrawled on chalkboards, and as Paul comes to realize a restless spirit ...

Daley's excellent ability to describe the scene draws the reader into the story as even the minor details of the story are brought to life on the page… sure to strike a chord in horror aficionados everywhere.~ Snakebite HorrorIncludes:The Exhibition: A screamer. My two main characters enjoy a night on the town and venture into a "One Night Only" exhibition called "The Horror Show". They find more terror than they can handle.The Confession: A throwback tale, r...

From the New York Times bestselling author of Cirque Du Freak comes a chilling new series about one teen’s terrifying journey to the depths of darkness.Grubbs Grady has stiff red hair and is a little big for his age, which means he can get into R-rated movies. He hates history and loves bacon, rats, and playing tricks on his squeamish older sister. And he’s about to learn three mind-blowing things:The world is vicious.Magic is possible....

The people of Earth are losing a war with aliens that they themselves provoked. Everyone is being called up to fight, even prisoners; those who refuse are threatened with dismemberment to provide spare parts for wounded soldiers. A battle-hardened general enters a prison to recruit a woman who refuses to fight, but who may have a most unusual special ability that can turn the tide of the war.

Now with a new afterword by David Drake!The Empress of EarthFinest passenger liner in the galaxy —Brightest link in the chain that binds the starflung civilization of the 23rd century—Six thousand lives in a single hull, trembling through multiple universes to land on raw, often violent worlds, each with its own history and wonder —The Empress of EarthNeutral pawn in an interstellar war!

Even after three years, Prissie Pomeroy’s guardian angel understood only part of what it meant to watch over one precious life. The rest he learned on the day he almost lost her. In this free illustrated companion story to the Threshold Series, scars are bared, fears begin and end, and angels fall. Includes a bonus chapter from Book #1 in the Threshold series, The Blue Door!

A chilling, haunting ghost story set in the modern day which delves into the real-life legend of a 19th-century sea witch…Relocated to a coastal town, widowed teacher Sarah Grey is slowly rebuilding her life, along with her young son Alfie. But after an inadvertent séance one drunken night, her world is shaken when she starts to experience frightening visions.She tries to explain them away. But Alfie sees them too and Sarah believes that th...

Eighteen-year-old Ria, a fire elemental and privileged student at the University of Magic, thinks nothing can get in the way of her happiness. Even when she falls for Michael, a boy whose element is different from hers, she is determined to make their forbidden romance work.But when she starts experiencing the symptoms of magic disease that could rob her of her element, turn her into a cold-blooded killer, and shatter her life, all of her beliefs are put to the test. The only one w...

Ever since a drunken one-night stand gone wrong, single mother Meredith Banks can't seem to shake Christian Morgan, the hypnotically attractive and dangerously obsessive intern from her office. It started with the late night phone calls, the hang-ups, the unwanted visits to her row home in Detroit. Now her son Troy, all that matters in her world, has gone missing after school.Meredith knows Christian is behind her son's disappearance, but the cops won't help without evidence. To fi...

April showers bring May flowers. But as the rain-swollen creeks recede, the residents of one rural Pennsylvania town learn that April showers bring something far worse than destructive floods and property damage. This year, the April showers have brought a cryptozoological nightmare named Scratch, and only pain and terror follow in his wake.This novella by award-winning, best-selling writer Brian Keene also includes a bonus short story - "Halves".